Historical Organization
Communist Party of Vietnam
Communist Party of Vietnam
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Organization Timeline
Party Congress renames the Workers’ Party
📅 20 December 1976At the close of the Fourth Congress, the Workers’ Party adopted the name Communist Party of Vietnam. The decision consolidated the political structure of the reunified state after decades of...
Sixth Party Congress launches Đổi Mới reforms
📅 15 December 1986The congress began adopting economic reforms that loosened central planning and expanded market mechanisms under continued one-party rule. Đổi Mới responded to economic crisis and transformed...
Sixth Party Congress opens and debates economic renewal
📅 15 December 1986The Communist Party of Vietnam convened its Sixth National Congress in Hanoi. Delegates debated a severe economic crisis and the limits of centralized planning. The opening of the congress began the...
Sixth Party Congress concludes with the Đổi Mới reform direction
📅 18 December 1986At the close of the congress, the party adopted a reform course later known as Đổi Mới. The changes expanded market mechanisms and household production while retaining one-party rule. Their effects...
Vietnam adopts Resolution 10 on household production
📅 5 April 1988The Communist Party’s Resolution 10 recognized households as autonomous production units in agriculture and expanded their role in farming. It accelerated changes to rural production and helped...
Vietnam’s Seventh Party Congress opens
📅 24 June 1991The Communist Party convened its Seventh Congress in Hanoi during the reform era. Delegates reviewed Đổi Mới and set political and economic priorities as Vietnam sought to overcome isolation and...
Seventh Party Congress concludes with a new political program
📅 27 June 1991The congress approved a platform and leadership changes that framed continued renovation and socialist development. Its decisions reflected Vietnam’s effort to adapt after war, economic crisis, and...
Vietnam’s Eighth Party Congress opens
📅 28 June 1996The Communist Party opened its Eighth Congress in Hanoi and reviewed a decade of Đổi Mới. Delegates discussed industrialization and modernization while maintaining one-party rule. The agenda reflected...
Eighth Party Congress concludes with industrialization and modernization priorities
📅 1 July 1996The congress concluded after setting priorities for the next development period and continuing economic renovation. Its program sought to expand production and international integration under...
Vietnam’s Ninth Party Congress opens
📅 19 April 2001The Communist Party opened its Ninth Congress in Hanoi to assess Đổi Mới and set development goals. The congress took place as Vietnam pursued deeper international integration and prepared to...
Ninth Party Congress concludes with development targets through 2010
📅 22 April 2001The congress concluded after adopting a program for economic and social development. It sought to move Vietnam beyond underdevelopment and toward industrialization while preserving the party’s leading...
Vietnam’s Tenth Party Congress opens
📅 18 April 2006The Communist Party of Vietnam opened its tenth national congress in Hanoi. Delegates reviewed the first two decades of Đổi Mới and set economic and political priorities for 2006–2010. The congress...
Vietnam’s Tenth Party Congress concludes
📅 25 April 2006The congress concluded after electing a new Central Committee and adopting its political and socioeconomic program. Its agenda linked industrialization and poverty reduction to continued market...
Vietnam’s Eleventh Party Congress holds its preparatory session
📅 11 January 2011Delegates met in Hanoi ahead of the formal opening. The congress was to review the previous five years and set a ten-year development strategy. Official materials presented renewal and modernization...
Vietnam’s Eleventh Party Congress opens
📅 12 January 2011The congress opened with more than a thousand delegates and considered the party’s platform, development strategy, and political report. Its deliberations show the continuing centrality of the...
The Eleventh Party Congress closes and elects Nguyễn Phú Trọng
📅 19 January 2011The congress concluded after adopting its resolution and selecting Nguyễn Phú Trọng as General Secretary. The new leadership framed development and national independence as linked projects. The...
General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng begins an official U.S. visit
📅 6 July 2015Trọng began a visit to Washington that included a meeting with President Obama. It was the first visit to the United States by a sitting Communist Party general secretary and a symbolic development in...
Vietnam’s Thirteenth National Party Congress concludes
📅 1 February 2021The congress elected a Central Committee and re-elected Nguyễn Phú Trọng. Its state vision of development does not represent every Vietnamese person’s views.
United States and Vietnam elevate ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
📅 10 September 2023During President Joe Biden’s visit to Hanoi, the two countries announced their highest diplomatic partnership level. The agenda included technology, supply chains, education, maritime cooperation, and...